Product Details
- Starring: Drummers of Damballa
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Wyoma
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- EAN: 9781564555748
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- Format: Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 1564555747
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- Label: Gemini Sun Records
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- Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Gemini Sun Records
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- Release Date: 1998-09-16
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- Studio: Gemini Sun Records
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1998-09-16
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- Title: African Healing Dance
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- UPC: 600835000666
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: African Healing Dance, with lead dancer Wyoma and the dancers and drummers of the Damballa dance troupe, is a step-by-step dance course on healing traditions and spiritual movements that are special to the African dance heritage. An African proverb teaches, "If you can talk, you can sing, and if you can walk, you can dance." Thus African Healing Dance is suited for beginning to advanced dancers, students of dance, instructors, and choreographers studying and/or performing African dance. The instructional video and included manual provide an effective guide for a dance or exercise program at home or in a workshop setting. Director of the Damballa dance troupe as well as head dancer, Wyoma begins with a simple warm-up, including breathing techniques; body articulation movements for the hips, chest, shoulders, and feet; and stretching. She then artistically integrates the teaching of six traditional African dances with the passion and joy of connecting dance movements that have the spirit and energy of nature and the elements (water, wind, fire, and earth) and animals such as the snake, elephant, and bird. A final portion of the 70-minute video is called "The Healing Journey," in which Wyoma encourages personal exploration of inner rhythms and feelings through improvisational movement. As one watches this video, it is difficult not to feel the pulse of the drumbeat and the spiritual strength of Wyoma and her celebration of life through dance. --Christine Aiken
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Customer Reviews
Excellent resource
An excellent resource for anyone interested in African dance. Wyoma is a beautiful dancer and experienced teacher. She combines her knowledge of traditional dance with a modern approach especially in the warm up session. This DVD would be suitable for the classroom too.
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African Healing Dance
An excellent presentation of African dance in a natural setting. That helps me to stay motivated to practice! Thank you.
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a totally comprehensive and fantastic course in African dance
This was a course, not a workout. Wyoma provides fundamentals, explains the creative narrative behind each MOVE (!!!!) and describes differences between dances. She also has an improv section. I am currently studying W. African dance and Afro-Brasilian, and find THIS DVD to be an inivaluable addition to my studies. This is for folks, however, who want more than a cursory routine or overview of African dance. This is the real deal. The outdoor setting is superlative.
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Not for beginners
For someone who isn't a stranger to African dancing I found the instruction catered more to the intermediate or advanced dancer. At times some of the steps could have been broken down more for the dances. I felt that Wyoma and her dancers were more into giving a show then teaching African dance steps. This wasn't a good investment in my money at all!!!
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Dance, Dance, Dance
This DVD is great for giving your entire body a "massage." Wyoma is a personable instructor who explains and demonstrates the moves in an easy to follow manner. I highly recommend this DVD as part of any exercise routine you are using.
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